IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis each additional 1 hour at HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL

2551 S Kanner Hwy, STUART, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1538115696

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$12.56 with Freedom Health vs $124.10 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Freedom Health MGMCR $12.56
Optimum MGMCR $12.56
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $18.98
AvMed HIX $18.98
Freedom Health MGMCD $23.36
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $23.75
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $24.25
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $24.25
Aetna QHP $25.40
Oscar HIX $27.74
Molina MCR $27.74
Aetna HMO $28.47
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $31.10
Simply Healthcare HIX $34.31
AvMed FullyInsured $35.04
Aetna PPO $35.62
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $37.23
AvMed Flex $37.96
AvMed Select $37.96
AvMed Empower $37.96
AvMed Engage $37.96
AvMed Focus $37.96
Cigna NewBusinessNBN $38.40
Molina HIX $39.42
AvMed ASOEO $40.88
Aetna ASA $43.80
Cigna HMO $51.25
Cigna PPO $51.25
Humana HMO $54.02
Humana PPO $58.40
United PPO OptionsPPO $64.24
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $65.70
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $73.00
Plotkin Health COMM $73.00
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $73.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $109.50
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $124.10

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis each additional 1 hour at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
martin north hospital Stuart $258.70 $15.32 – $339.48
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $321.91 $46.45 – $81.61
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales $781.96 $48.90 – $108.56
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $325.43 $46.45 – $104.44
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $321.94 $48.90 – $108.56
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach $150.48 $46.45 – $106.82
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $503.25 $48.90 – $89.29
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $126.75 $15.32 – $323.31

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